US EditionSchumer defends funding vote: ‘I’m the best leader for the Senate’
- Chuck Schumer, Senate Democratic leader, states he will not resign despite backlash after voting for a Republican spending bill that prevented a government shutdown.
- Schumer described his vote as a 'vote of principle,' emphasizing that not voting would have been '15 or 20 times worse'.
- Some Democrats, including Rep. Ro Khanna and Sen. Bernie Sanders, criticized Schumer for not seeking concessions in support of the GOP-backed bill.
- The uproar from progressives has led Schumer to postpone his book tour in response to demonstrations against his decision.
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Schumer: Did he betray the Democrats?
“Chuck Schumer committed the grave sin of accepting reality,” said Brendan Buck in The New York Times. “And his party is now furious.” The Senate minority leader is facing his Democratic colleagues’ ire after he and nine establishment colleagues voted yes to pass the House Republicans’ six-month stopgap funding bill, which prevented an imminent government shutdown.Many House and Senate Democrats, who want to try to block President Trump’s agenda…
Mallory McMorrow Says It’s Time for Schumer to Go
Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) “said it wasn’t clear to her that Chuck Schumer could continue in his role as Senate minority leader, and that she would not vote for him as leader should she ultimately win a highly-contested primary and general election,” Politico reports. Said McMarrow: “There’s still this idea that Democrats and Republicans are still abiding by the same rules and still believe in the same norms and systems and structu…
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